Excursion

Trip by a group of people, usually made for leisure, education, or physical purposes
An excursion outside Seattle, circa 1887
Early Advantage Montessori School children on excursion

An excursion is a trip by a group of people, usually made for leisure, education, or physical purposes. It is often an adjunct to a longer journey or visit to a place, sometimes for other (typically work-related) purposes.

Public transportation companies issue reduced price excursion tickets to attract business of this type. Often these tickets are restricted to off-peak days or times for the destination concerned.

Short excursions for education or for observations of natural phenomena are called field trips. One-day educational field studies are often made by classes as extracurricular exercises, e.g. to visit a natural or geographical feature.

The term is also used for short military movements into foreign territory, without a formal announcement of war.[1]

See also

  • Business trip
  • Field trip
  • Picnic
  • Escorted tour

References

  1. ^ An example of this use in a Newseek article
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